Bone Yard Beach
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Bone Yard Beach is a beach in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the south-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Talbot Island State Park, a park 1.4 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Boneyard Beach is a mile-long beach in Big Talbot Island State Park, near the city of Fernandina Beach, Florida, south of Amelia Island down the First Coast Highway. The "boneyard beach" is so called because of the bleached skeletons of oaks along the beach. By coincidence park archaeologists have also found fossilized mammoth bones on the beach nearly as big as the trees. Big Talbot's Boneyard Beach is not recommended for swimming but is popular with photographers. The beach lies beyond a 20-foot bluff. The beach can be accessed from The Bluffs Scenic Shoreline Picnic Area. A half-mile Shoreline Trail from the picnic area parking lot leads to the north end of Boneyard Beach; during shorebird breeding season, the beach area immediately adjacent to the picnic area is closed to the public.
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Wikidata Q17511037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS)
- 17.6 mi off the A1A HISTORIC BYWAY
- 27.6 mi off the WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Talbot Island State Park: 1.4 mi
- Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Burney Park: 4.6 mi
- Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Holly Point Boat Ramp: 6.2 mi
- Kingsley Plantation: 4.4 mi
- Monty's Marina Deep-Sea Fishing: 7.8 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery: 12.8 mi
- River Valley Aviary: 13.5 mi
- Stingray Bay: 13.5 mi
- American Beach Museum: 5.0 mi
- Amelia Island Museum of History: 11.5 mi
- Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum: 11.7 mi
- Fort Clinch Museum: 13.9 mi
- Beaches Museum: 15.1 mi
- Arts Are Alive Project: 11.7 mi
- Aligator statue: 13.5 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 13.5 mi
- Elephant Pair: 13.6 mi
- Panda and Cubs: 13.6 mi
- Half Moon Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Saint Johns Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Roses Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Millers Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza: 11.6 mi
- Fort Clinch: 14.0 mi
- Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 14.0 mi
- Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 14.0 mi
- American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps and Station: 15.2 mi
- Kingsley Garden: 4.4 mi
- Asian Bamboo Garden: 13.6 mi
- Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Lower Olmsted Garden: 18.7 mi
- Upper Olmsted Garden: 18.7 mi
- Betz-Tiger Point Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Fort Clinch State Park: 12.8 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Cradle Creek Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Pablo Creek Perserve: 18.5 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 5.0 mi
- Round Top: 7.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 9.5 mi
- McClure Hill: 12.4 mi
- Seminole Beach: 8.3 mi
- Fernandina Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sea Camp Beach: 18.1 mi
- Mickler's Landing: 24.1 mi
- Official Florida Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 21.1 mi
- Pottsburg Spring: 16.4 mi
- Cornerstone Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Yukon: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bone Yard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | SSE 165° | 15 m | 5.0 mi |
| McClure Hill | N 360° | 10 m | 12.4 mi |
| Round Top | SW 217° | 8 m | 7.3 mi |
| Indian Mound | S 171° | 3 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:06 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:53 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 65 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayport Pilot STN, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Sawpit Creek entrance, bridge, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6241587757
Day trips start here
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 3 mi
- Mayport · 8 mi
- Neptune Beach · 14 mi
- Jacksonville Beach · 15 mi
- Jacksonville · 17 mi
- Ponte Vedra Beach · 19 mi
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